The Villain in Whose Story (Phosie Fanfic)

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"Forgetting"

"A co-dependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior."

-Melody Beattie

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Hope POV

    I'm woken up by Penelope splashing water on my face. I jolt up. "Hey! What the fuck was that for?" She smirks at me, "Nothing, you just weren't waking up." I grumble but get up and walk to the bathroom. I hop in the shower and I leave the door open as I undress. I see Penelope staring at me blushing furiously. I chuckle and close the door before I get in. I take a quick shower and get ready for the day. Once I'm done Penelope and I walk to the cafeteria, and we meet up with the gang. People stare at me as I pass. "That's her! I heard she's a Mikaelson and that she eats people." Everyone's whispers reach my ears and I sigh. It's been a week since I was outed by Lizzie of being a Mikaelson and becoming an alpha. We take our time with eating since we don't have class due to the pageant event.

    We greet everyone and we sit down. I'm sitting between Josie and Penelope. We start talking and Lizzie comes over and sits across from me. "So, today's the pageant and I have a plan to get me to win." Penelope and I roll our eyes. "I'm in first place but this girl is close to beating me so, while we're walking down the stairs Jo is going to take a literal fall and take out my closest competitor." 

   Everyone's staring at Lizzie with wide eyes and shocked looks. Josie just nods and looks down at her food. "Okay, so that's the plan! Bye!" Lizzie leaves the table in shock. I turn to look at Jo. "And you're okay with this plan?" She nods while she plays with her food. "Aren't you in third? You can still win." She shakes her head and I scoff. "Fine, if you want to be Lizzie's personal maid then fine, but I will not stand by and watch you lose yourself." I walk out without looking back.

   I turn the corner and sit against the wall. My head falls into my hands I sit thinking about the future. I hear footsteps coming towards me and I look up into green eyes. "Are you okay? Why'd you snap at her?" I shake my head and sigh. "It's just her coven and how Lizzie treats her, it's not going to go well for her in the future." "You're talking about the merge." I tilt my head. 'How'd you know about the merge." She plays with her fingers. "Um, I might have put magic into a pen I gave to Alaric that tells me what he writes." I look at her shocked and then my face breaks into a smile. 

    I laugh and she sits next to me. She rests her head on my shoulder. "I totally just fucked up our relationship didn't I." "Yup." She pops the "p". "Great." We sit like this for a while before I stand up. I hold my hand out and she takes it. "We should probably get ready for the pageant." She nods and we walk back to our room. 

   By the time we finish changing and getting ready we only have 10 minutes to get to the stairs. I'm wearing a black suit with a white shirt under it. Penelope's wearing a white version of what I'm wearing. We make out way to Jo's room since I'm still her escort. I take a deep breath before knocking on the door. The door swings open and the air in my throat catches. She's beautiful. She's wearing a black dress that has flower prints toward the bottom of the dress. Her hair is in a tight bun and she has a silver necklace on. I clear my throat and hold my arm out. She looks at me before linking her hand with mine. We walk towards the stairs and someone's already announcing the names. 

    "Are you really going along with Lizzie's plan?" "Yes." I shake my head. We start walking down the stairs. "Josie you are so much better than that. I know  Lizzie doesn't think you can win, but I do. Go down swinging. You deserve to walk down those steps with your head held high." We smile at each other when the announcer calls out.

   "Miss Josette Saltzman escorted by Miss Hope Mikaelson." We start walking down the stairs with bright smiles on our faces and I thought she wasn't going to do it. But I caught the look that passed between Jo and Lizzie and I knew she was going to fall. I felt her arm slip from my grip and she fell face-first into a girl. Gasps can be heard from everyone and they all stare at the fallen girls. Two men in suits rush forward and help them both up. I look at Lizzie who has a triumphant grin. Anger starts to bubbling my chest and I start sneaking towards her.

   I'm almost there and about to pounce when I feel a hand grip mine. I look back and Jo staring at me with pleading eyes. "Please, let's talk about this somewhere else." I nod hesitantly. She led me to an empty classroom and closed the door. I sit down and stare at her waiting for her to say something. "I'm not losing myself. I can help people without losing myself." Her voice breaks the silence. 

     I laugh and shake my head. "Melody Beattie once wrote that a co-dependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior." I pause, "That's you. You're letting Lizzie control what you do. Don't tell me you didn't want to win the pageant." "I did but-" "No Jo, stop going out of your way for people who treat you like you're in the way. She treats you like garbage and you just take it." "She's my twin, I can forgive her." "Tell me something, if I asked you to list all the things you love, how long would it take for you to list yourself?" She opens her mouth but nothing comes out. She looks to the ground. "Maybe I don't love myself but at least I'm not a narcissistic person who only cares for myself like your family."

    Her head snaps up and she covers her mouth with her hand. I stare at her shocked and hurt shows on my face. I start walking backward and she rushed forward trying to catch my hands. She grabs onto my hands. "Wait, I'm sorry I didn't mean that, please." I pull my hands out of hers and I walk to the door. "Fine, you can help and love Lizzie as much as you want, I don't care anymore." I shake my head and turn away to walk out but before I leave I say, "The thing about putting others first is you taught them you come last." I walk out and shut the door behind me. I slide down the door with my head in my hands. 

   My body shakes with silent sobs. "Hope?" I look up to see Maya. "Are you okay?" I laugh maniacally and say, "Do I look okay?" "Sorry, stupid question." I look up at her and I gasp. She's wearing a long green dress that hugs her body. "You look pretty." "Thanks." She sits next to me and we sit in slightly awkward silence. I'm about to speak when I start to glow. I look at my hands to see them turning gold and then becoming dust. "Talk to Penelop-," is all I can get out before I'm yanked out of this world and sucked into a different one."

A/N: Hi loves. So I'm sorry for posting pretty late, my internet went out and I couldn't post but I'm here now. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and if you have any suggestions, ideas, or questions please comment them.